公开(公告)号：US20170129464A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-11

申请号：US15414101

申请日：2017-01-24

Applicant: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Inventor： Mingxi WANG ,  Yuan LIN ,  Hongju LI

IPC: B60S5/06 ,  B64C39/02

CPC classification number: B60S5/06 ,  B64C39/024 ,  B64C2201/027 ,  B64C2201/042 ,  B64C2201/182 ,  B64C2201/201 ,  H02J7/0045

Abstract: A unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base station for automated battery pack exchange and methods for manufacturing and using the same. The UAV base station includes a battery-exchange system disposed within a housing having a top-plate. The housing contains a battery array having a plurality of UAV battery packs and a mechanical mechanism for automatically removing an expended battery pack from a UAV that lands on the top-plate and replacing the expended battery pack with a charged battery pack. Thereby, the UAV base station system advantageously enables extended and autonomous operation of the UAV without the need for user intervention for exchanging UAV battery packs.